231 South Ann Arbor Street

231 South Ann Arbor Street
Date of Construction: 1946


Photo by Cynthia Christensen
October 2012

Architectural Description: This is a Minimal Traditional ranch style house with a hipped roof and a stepped front façade. There is a large brick chimney on the north elevation. A one-car garage is attached to the north side of the house by an open breezeway.

History: This house was constructed in 1946. Previous owners include Rev. Arthur and Hilda Wacker. Arthur was the pastor at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Scio Township from 1936-1962. Hilda was a nurse who was instrumental in running two of Saline’s first area hospitals (please see 203 West Henry Street). Arthur and Hilda were missionaries in central Africa in the mid-1950s (Hoenecke).

Sources: Hoenecke, Edgar. "Healing In His Wings, The Story of Medical Mission Beginnings in Africa." Report, The Medical Mission Society, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library 1985. http://www.wlsessays.net/files/HoeneckeMedicalMissionAfrica.pdf.

"Historic District Study Committee Report for the South Ann Arbor Street Local Historic District." 2007.

Kosky & Glynn Associates. "Intensive Survey, South Ann Arbor Street, Saline, Michigan." 1994.

Suggested Reading: McAlester, Virginia, and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.

 

Prepared by Lori Swick
April 17, 2013

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